SCRAPIHAPILICIOUSME is my brand name and trademark. It simply defines my general mood when I'm in my craft zone. I craft till I drop! I'm totally crazy over the gadgets and goodies that goes with it.
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Client is sssssssssssoooooooo happy with her invitations and that's what matters =D

Remember those proposed wedding invitations with summery colors I made last month? Well, forget about those hehehehehehe. Change of mind for short!

Client's dilemma is that she wants few of my proposals but then we had to compromise. We had to consider their age and inputs of her hubby-to-be.

No frills .... no swirls .... just plain and simple =D

Just a simple love stamp which I embossed then added a rose which is the in-thing right now. Made few Finnish version and lots of Swedish version as far as the wedding details are concerned. The inserts are 2 pages but the main insert where the announcement is stated is printed on a light tan glistening cardstock and the second page is in off-white cardstock. Cardstocks used for the envie/case and inserts are semi-glistened cardstock by Reprint.

Cards were delivered yesterday morning through the kindness of DH since I can't go anywhere co my son has chicken pox.

This is an album created 2006, where I included every detail of my son's development per month. Also, I do believe in angels so in every page I have included different angel prayers. Inside the small pocket in every page is a colored copy of his picture. I decided to enlarge and print his every picture in B&W so as to balance the layout filled with different colors. I remember very well how limited my materials were that time but survived anyway =)

To read more about my son's development which I painstakingly documented every detail, click thishttp://www.aretun.tk/

As I sit here in my craft zone and tryin to figure out when I will have the mood to organize my external hard drive files, I'm looking at all the folders and every album brings so much memories. If you have read my introductory on this blog site, you are then aware that it was only in the begining of 2006 that I started to become serious in paper crafting. It took months for me to find stores here ... actually still in search hahahahahahaha.

Anyway, I started as a digital scrapper and when I tried paper crafting I did enjoy every minute of it utilizing on what i have. During that year, I met a fellow Filipina. She is not a friend of mine ... just an acquaintance. She's suffering from cancer every now and then. With such condition, I was inspired to create something for her that will give her inspirations in her everyday needs.

A simple invitation card(s) I made for a little boy who was baptized last June 2008 here In Uppsala, which by the way I'm one of his God-Parents =) The parents just requested me to make invitations for their son. After I got the pictures they want to use, I then started conceptualizing the card. Oh yes, they got so very very happy when they saw the card(s).

There are just too many things I can find here at home when I do cleaning especially at the basement or just at the ktichen. I found a roll of plastic lace which is beign used for adding accent to vinyl tabelcloths. As far as I know it is also being used for curtains or decorating a cake base. As for me, I used it by cutting few inches as part of my all occasion card. Added some mini flowers and band and stickles around the edges. This card is actually an order from a client last 2009.

I'm not really into card making but dear fellow crafters helped me get on my feet. I really feel claustrophobic when my base is so small but slowly I get the hang of it.

This butterfly card was given to my son's English teacher last 2009. I so love the butterfly I added onto this card. At that time a friend who is a fellow crafter from Michigan gave me the Swiss Dot embossing folder and I so love it and thankful. Everytime I look for it here in Uppsala, it's always out of stock so when I got the package from her I was so thrilled! I also used Bloom Dots embossing folder by Cuttlebug. The cardstocks were actually left-overs. Both the flowers and butterfly were bought in the Philippines during our short visit.

Another hybrid scrapbooking tutorialfor everyone. I have created this project for The Daily Scrapper now TDS Lifetyle and was published for Issue #12 of 2009. You may still see my project at TDS http://www.thedailyscrapper.com/2009/issue12deo/hybrid_luggagetag.html but be warned that the introductory text is totally wrong. I think they misplaced mine :(

Traveling can sometimes be irritating when you have to hold bags and at the same time check-in. It's even stressing when you have kids around. I only have one kid but I have to divide my attention when checking-in and at the same time eyes on my son especially when DH can't join us for a trip. I would normally pit everything inside my shoulder bag which by the way is big but it doesn't help at all. Yes, I do prepare in hand all the things needed when I fall in line for check-in but it's still stressing :(

First of all I'm very thankful for those who joined my very first blog candy at my Multiply site. I was in awe how dedicated each one of them in creating almost everyday (if not everyday) projects that gave inspiration and fun to everyone. Craft goodies here are limited and quite expensive but I have few extras that I'd rather share than forever keep it at the basement or sell it to fellow crafters here in Sweden. Although my craft goodies are very simple, I am deeply touched that they spent time and effort in joining my blog candy.

How I wish I have more extras so I can give more and give each one of the participants but someday I know I can do that. Let me save some more hehehehehehehehehehe.

Was I a good host of my very first Blog Candy? I know as a host I should visit each one of you and leave some love and kindness but if I miss to see or comment on a project of yours please shout out and I will surely appreciate that. I think somewhere along the way due to some unexpected circumstances here at home I missed out a few but please bear in mind that I tried all my best hahahahahahahahahaha.

Rest assured that this will not be my first BC but hoping that the next play we're gonna have you will still all join.

Midnight of 31 March 2010, I used Excel Spread Sheet to one-by-one list all the names of entries starting from the first one who submitted up to the last - cut-off-time.

I asked my son to click the button from the Random Number Generator and it's #126. Sorry but he refuse to be taken a pix - he's not actually in a good mood due to pre-empted nice dream hahahahahahhaha. But with all honesty we did not tamper in getting the winning number.

A little Story behind:

Actually the first number Joseph got was #204 and that number is equivalent to JOAN. But, prior to raffle drawing, Joan told me that eventhough she loves the goodies in my BC especially the flowers from Thailand, she requested that she'd rather not win and let the others win. She knows very well that countries outside US (yeah that includes Sweden hehehehhe) has very limited or hard to access craft goodies. She lives In US and she can easily access all the yummy goodies we all wish for. She still joined my blog candy to have fun =D Also, for those who are wondering why Claire did not join my BC is the same reason as Joan's. Aren't these 2 ladies angels on earth?????

It's my very first time to hold a blog candy at my Multiply Site and it was done in conjunction to the National Craft Month celebration last month, March 2010. The whole month I was creating and creating for I also joined 2 blog candies sponsored by my 2 fellow dear crafters. We all had a blast for it's the time fo the year where we all inspire each other on a maximum level. The lucky winner was also drawn 1st day of April but that's another story hehehehehehehe.

I have not much goodies but I do have duplicates and I decided to give it a way than sell it here in Sweden. Here are my humble goodies:

Open your Scrapbook Software or any editing software and choose the embellishments from the Hot Feet Cool Treat kit you would like to use. You may also play with different shapes effect if one is interested to use specific digital papers from the kit. Cut craft tissue paper into A4 size and use a masking tape to secure the tissue paper on all sides onto the plain A4 white paper. This will avoid displacing the tissue paper when printing.

Print mode must be on High Resolution otherwise the ink will bleed.

Let it dry. Once dry cut it into desired size.

Apply decoupage glue gently before and after adhering the tissue paper making sure that a soft bristle brush is being used in spreading the glue. Start on the middle part then onto the sides.

Let it dry at least overnight.

While waiting to dry, print embellishments from the kit using shrink plastics. A high resolution mode will give a darker effect once it shrinks and that’s just exactly what we want to achieve on this project.

Let it dry for few minutes. Cut each shape/embellishment leaving a white space around and punch holes.

Follow the instructions as stated on the package because it varies in every brand. With the shrink plastic that I have, it says 130degrees and bake for 3 minutes. Using a heating tool, one has the control over the shrink plastics but using an oven like I preferred will make it curvy in a slight way.